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More than anything, Rochel-Leah wanted to learn to read. But in her small Jewish village in 19th century Russia, only boys were taught. That didn't stop Rochel-Leah in this story of determination and persistence, based on a true story.
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Jane Yolen’s book count is in the mid 400’s, and she has also written a poem a day for 18 years for subscribers, was a book editor for Alfred Knopf’s children’s books and had her own children’s book imprint for Harcourt Brace. Jane Yolen’s books and stories and poems have won the Caldecott Medal, two Nebula Awards, two Christopher Medals, three World Fantasy Awards, three Mythopoeic Fantasy Awards, two Golden Kite Awards, the Jewish Book Award and the Massachusetts Center for the Book award. She has also won the World Fantasy Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award, the Science Fiction Writers of America’s Grand Master Award, the Sydney Taylor Body of Work Award, and the Science Fiction Poetry Associations Grand Master Award (the three together she calls the Trifecta). Plus she has won both the Association of Jewish Libraries Award and the Catholic Libraries Medal. Also the DuGrummond Medal and the Kerlan Award, and the Ann Izard story-telling award at least three times. She began the New England SCBWI regional group and ran it for ten years. She currently splits her time between Hatfield, Massachusetts and Mystic, Connecticut.
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More than anything, Rochel-Leah wanted to learn to read. But in her small Jewish village in 19th century Russia, only boys were taught. That didn't stop Rochel-Leah in this story of determination and persistence, based on a true story.
